On the evening of 22 November, ahead of the fifth round of the 2016/17 Champions League group stage, it was becoming increasingly clear that qualification for Group E would take place.

Monaco are first with eight points, Bayer Leverkusen are second with six and Tottenham are third with four points, and with CSKA at the bottom of the table just two points, they will certainly miss out on the top two in the group unless they win their last two games and have a clean sheet.

CSKA will take on Bayer Leverkusen in Moscow two hours and 45 minutes ahead of Monaco's kick-off time against Tottenham Hotspur due to weather conditions.

Regardless of the outcome in Moscow, Monaco only need one point against Tottenham to finish in the top two, while if Tottenham lose to Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen get three points in Moscow, then Tottenham will not qualify.

Therefore, this match at the Louis II Stadium will directly determine the ownership of the qualification places in Group E, so it has attracted widespread attention from the outside world.

After the away win at Lorient, Caldera announced the 18-man squad for the match during a tactical lesson in Latubi.

Monaco will adopt a 4231 formation at home, with Al-Subasic as the starting goalkeeper and Mendy, Glick, Jemmelson and Sidibi in left to right.

Fabinho and Tiemoue Bakayoko still started as a double midfielder, Lemar, Silva and Li Liang formed the attacking line in the midfield, of which Li Liang played the front midfield, and Falcao played as a single arrow.

Mbappe looked a little disappointed, having been in good form lately and only made the bench.

Caldeira thinks Tottenham will field the strongest line-up, and he speculates that Tottenham will also field 4231.

According to published reports, the centre-back duo of Aldreveld and Vertonghen will not start due to injury, while left-back Davies and midfielder Lamela, who started in the last meeting with Monaco, are both out of the squad due to injury.

Li Liang's tactical task was to attack the area between the back pair of Dembele and Wanyama and the new centre-back duo of Dier and Vermer, linking the midfielders and Falcao.

The recent training session for Li Liang has begun to be adjusted for this match, and the training volume has been steady and decreasing, and Spinoli is committed to making Li Liang's best form on the day of the match.

Although the coaches are all decompressing Li Liang and have not put forward any specific expectations, Li Liang has already been gearing up.

In the training match a few days ago, in the confrontation with his teammates, he found that his strength and explosiveness were no longer the same, and his teammates were also very surprised, and they all felt that Li Liang had become tougher.

The most important thing is that because of the significant improvement in ball protection and getting rid of the ball, Li Liang found that his stability in handling the ball has been significantly enhanced, allowing him to significantly improve the success rate of handling the ball in high confrontation and small spaces.

The most intuitive effect is to make him more able to play according to his own ideas on the field.

UEFA's promotion team came to La Tubi again under the leadership of Ghazi, and this time they interviewed not Li Liang, but Falcao.

Falcao, who is now Monaco's top scorer, has scored six goals in his last six club games since returning from injury for the second time, including four in the league and two in the Champions League.

He also returned to the national team after a long absence.

Falco, who returned from his national team, was on the bench for the weekend's away game against Lorient, but he scored just one minute after coming off the bench and was in hot form.

Tottenham Hotspur was interviewed by Harry Kane, who has been on the verge of being a centre-forward for the second season in a row and has established himself as a regular in Gareth Southgate's England squad.

Public opinion generally believes that this game is a duel between the ace centers of the two sides.

Before and after the game at the new Wembley, Sun journalist Justin Allen, who had asked Monaco tricky questions, wrote a more scathing report, in which he made a comprehensive comparison of Kane and Falcao in terms of club and national team performance, age, and physical condition in the past three seasons, and concluded that Kane had blown Falcao.

Allen wrote: "Given the struggles of the two-year-old Falcao at Manchester United and Chelsea (including the development squad), even if Kane, who had not yet made a name for himself two years ago, had gone to Ligue 1, there would have been no doubt that his performance would have been phenomenal......

Allen believes that Tottenham's first defeat in the Champions League group stage was caused by a lack of adaptation to the new Wembley Stadium, and now that the season has been three months on, Tottenham's squad run-in has been completely completed, and this game against Monaco is the perfect time for revenge.

Although he comes from The Sun, his views are very representative in England, where the Premier League is widely regarded as the number one league in the world.

Although Ligue 1 is also known as one of the five major leagues, in fact, only Paris Saint-Germain, which has been piled up with gold dollars, has a certain competitiveness in the European arena.

All in all, the media in England are leaning towards Tottenham having the upper hand in this game.

Li Liang was indignant to see this, having played with Falcao at Stamford Bridge more than half a year ago and had also trained with Chelsea in the development squad.

He was very sure that Falcao could be said to have a complete new life compared to that time, and that the comments of the British media were biased.

Li Liang, who has done a lot of homework, also noticed that Son Xingmin has been in good form recently, and has a very eye-catching performance in club games and the national team.

He also noticed that Wanyama had firmly occupied the position of the main midfielder, and Ali was also playing better and better in the position of the front midfield.

It was undoubtedly the most important match for Monaco and for himself in recent times – and as the game drew closer, Li Liang believed he was ready on both mental and physical levels.

On the day of the game, Xiao Yu told Li Liang that the sports channel would broadcast the game live, and many domestic media expected that Li Liang, who had been in good form recently, would continue to come off the bench in the game.

Li Liang resisted the urge to tell Xiao Yu that he would start, and just told Xiao Yu firmly: "We will definitely win!" ”

The trio also arrived in Monaco early to start preparing to cover the match. In the pre-match press conference, Yaldim, Falcao, Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris were in front of reporters.

A reporter asked Pochettino: After this game, Tottenham will usher in the London derby with Chelsea at the weekend, and now Tottenham only has 4 points, and Chelsea is also the highlight of the league, how will Tottenham choose between the two games?

Pochettino said: "There is no doubt that the Champions League is more important, but as we have one less day off than our opponents [Monaco], the line-up will be based on the fitness of the players, with the likes of Kane, Ali and Dembele all being assessed before the game. ”

Lloris says the squad is looking forward to the match at the Stadio Louis II and believes his new team-mates Lemar, Sidibi and Tiemoue Bakayoko are in excellent form and will be key opponents for Tottenham.

Yaldim then said: "Tottenham are a very strong opponent and they have been very strong in the Premier League this season, especially in midfield.

It's going to be a tough game for sure, but we're ready for it. ”

Falcao was asked by a journalist from England about the comparison between him and Kane, and the Colombian laughed: "I like Kane a lot, he has everything he needs to be a super striker.

My two years in England were very memorable, I had some difficulties there, but now I have found myself.

I think I'll show you that in the game against Tottenham. ”